Student Free Press Association (SFPA)

For more on this organization, see The College Fix (nonprofit)

At-A-Glance

Formation:

2011

Executive Director:

John Miller

Executive Director’s Salary (2022):

$57,533 1

Location: Hillsdale, MI View on map
Tax ID: 27-2277658
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $1,179,022 Revenue: $1,154,041 Expenses: $1,146,823

The Student Free Press Association (SFPA) operates the right-of-center campus news website The College Fix. SFPA is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help beginning journalists, improve campus journalism, and support the principles of a free society. 2

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $1,179,022 $1,154,041 $1,146,823 View
2024 $1,365,209 $1,120,152 $949,321 View
2023 $985,356 $926,014 $859,128 View
2022 $919,030 $673,886 $781,600 View
2021 $1,030,314 $765,899 $756,329 View

Prior year filings: 2020, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 6

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
John MillerEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$50,000

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $6,099,843
  • Number of Grants: 132
  • Number of Funders: 29

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$260,0002023 Donors Trust Incfor The College Fix
$250,0002024 Donors Trust Incfor The College Fix
$150,0002024 National Philanthropic TrustEDUCATION
$135,0002023 National Philanthropic TrustPUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$135,0002022 National Philanthropic TrustPUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$125,0002022 The Searle Freedom TrustJOURNALISM
$125,0002021 The Searle Freedom TrustJOURNALISM
$120,0002022 Donors Trust Incfor The College Fix
$120,0002020 The Searle Freedom TrustJOURNALISM
$110,0002021 National Philanthropic TrustPUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$110,0002020 National Philanthropic TrustPublic, societal benefit
$105,1502021 Donors Trust Inc$100,150 for general operations/ $5,000 for The College Fix
$100,0002024 The Heritage FoundationINNOVATION PRIZE
$100,0002023 The Searle Freedom TrustJOURNALISM
$100,0002020 Donors Trust Incfor general operations
$80,0002024 Sarah Scaife Foundation IncorporatedGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$80,0002023 Sarah Scaife Foundation IncorporatedGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$80,0002021 Sarah Scaife Foundation IncorporatedGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$80,0002020 Sarah Scaife Foundation IncorporatedGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$75,0002024 The Searle Freedom TrustFELLOWSHIPS
$75,0002024 The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation IncTo support campus journalism programs
$75,0002022 Sarah Scaife Foundation IncorporatedGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$50,0002025 The Achelis & Bodman FoundationThe College Fix
$50,0002024 Thomas W Smith Foundation IncPUBLIC POLICY
$50,0002023 The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation IncTo support campus journalism programs

Mentioned in this Article

References

1. Student Free Press Association, Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (Form 990), 2022, Part VII, Section A, Line 1a.
2. “About the Fix.” The College Fix. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://www.thecollegefix.com/about/.